The Philippine bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) has condemned a government order banning the use of the word “lumad,” a widely recognized term when referring to indigenous ...
Speaking for the bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Jose Cabantan on Monday, March 22, criticized the government move to ban the use of the term “lumad” ...
When soldiers parked the tank in front of her lumad school in North Cotabato, Kat-kat knew it was time to leave her village. “All I wanted to do was study,” Kat-kat, 15, and now in Grade 10, says in ...
The arrest of several Lumad children and adults in Cebu is the latest in a series of attacks against them. These indigenous peoples have long struggled to continue their education and maintain their ...
KORONADAL CITY — “Lumad” demanding the reopening of schools for their children brought their protest to a different level by holding the wake for one of their leaders right at the doorsteps of the ...
DAVAO CITY — Even the lumad close to President Duterte reacted when he said on Tuesday that he would “hamlet” the indigenous people to protect them against the communist New People’s Army. READ: Irked ...
It turns out that on Nov. 12, 2014, at the Tribal Hall in Sitio Patil, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte, 42 tribal leaders of the Langilan Manobo tribe, including 23 datus, signed a ...
And just like that, scores of “lumad” pupils in the Davao Region are at risk of being driven out of school following what appears to be an abrupt decision by the Department of Education (DepEd) to ...
The Philippine bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) has condemned a government order banning the use of the word “lumad,” a widely recognized term when referring to indigenous ...